ETYMOLOGYnoun: from Anglo-French *desclandre, disclaunder (15th c.) derivative of Old French escla-ndre, earlier escandre, escandle, escandele:—L. scandalum cause of offenceverb: Middle English desclandre, from noun, perhaps through an Anglo-French *desclandre-r for Old French esclandrer to slander

EXAMPLEFrom: The Historie of the Arrivall of King Edward IV. in England And the Finall Recoverye of His Kingdomes From Henry VI. A.D. M.CCCC.LXXI (1471)Edited by John BruceP. 21